The Family Court has missed all of its key performance indicators, according to its latest annual report, according to The Australian, being able to finish 31% of applications for final orders within 6 months, as opposed to 75% according to its targets, and 64% of interim applications within 3 months, when its target is 90%.
And this has happened at a time when, according to The Australian, its workload has “plummeted”.
Surrogacy in Australia is at a critical crossroads. Families are increasingly forced to look overseas to start or grow their families, surrogates often find themselves without clear legal protections, and children born through surrogacy face a tangled web of legal uncertainty.
Surrogacy can be a beautiful path to parenthood, but it also comes with intricate legal challenges, especially when undertaken overseas. In a recent and cautionary case from Queensland, Australia, a couple’s journey to parenthood through commercial surrogacy in North Cyprus ended not with joy alone, but with legal turmoil and potential criminal charges.
Surrogacy journeys should be joyous and smooth pathways to parenthood, but unfortunately, legal missteps can turn them into complex, frustrating ordeals.
